Transporting apparatus.



F. L. BEAMOND. TRANSPORTIN G APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1907.

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F. L. BEAMOND.

TRANSPORTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1907. 908,441

Patented Jan.5,1909.

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To all whom it may concern-.- 1

Be it known that i, FRANK BEAMOND, residing at Field s Green Road, Sutton Colrlfieirl, the county ofWerwrck En lend farmer have invented;

7 g 7 I J certain new and "userul improvements in Trans OICLHD A J'oeretus oi which the 1v 1 lowing 1s a specincatronw r This invention relates co mprovements 3 r rengements for moi? and other ro ales, and consists psrnculnriy in the or ment of the some for .crimnig, v ,7 necessity of using road wheels, and in the improved construction of the EJH-IUE- with the oh yect of reducing the force of traction necessary to overcome the resistance to movement.

In the case or a motor vehicle I tr the drive fiODl the engine to sprocket over t ese sprocket Wheeis the enrll is arranged. The tre he hunt i engage the teeth of the sproc I be carried on a chain for this urpose.

In the case of horse dream. or other tin ing vehicles, Where there is no drive to transmit, I arran e the travel to WOZi-Z guides on each sicle of the vehicle.

In supporting the track, i employ taro channel members, one on each side of the vehicle; these channels are rigidly co nected 2 with the vehicle unde mine or CilfLSi channels sire inverted and arranged close to the ground and bear on the track through roller bearing aha-ins arranged to Work ror with same. The hearing. eh 'ns are proand are so disposed between the truck and the vehicle supporting channels the downward and leieral thrust when the In order thatthe invention may he readily understood and easily carried into practice, I have op ended hereunto three sheets of drawings 11 ustrating the methods oi carrying out the same.

Figure 1. is an elevation of the emllos track arranged for a meal mically propelhw vehicle. Fig. 2. is n longitudinai section v thesame. Fi 3, is an enlarged. t we section throu n the snpnorting ehannei the track. Fig. 4-. is a similar view to F1" but showing a modified forrn of track 5. is an elevation of a portion of f chain. Fig. 6. is a perspective view channels o so i which comes 0 t the portion a it in Crc-a r d of the track and channels for accommodating these bearing chains may obviously be open to modification. A different form is shown at Fig. 4, Where the horizontal rollers Z bear on the tops of stout ribs while the vertical rollers bear on the sides of same.

In the case of the trailing vehicle shown at Fig. 6, the endless track passes over guides n, secured to the ends of the channels a instead of over sprocket wheels. The bearing chains is are used as before between the.

tracks and the channels. On the drawings these chains are arranged, after clearing the channels a and the guides n to pass down nearl onto the top of the channels by guiding p ates 0 and for a short distance over the channels are covered in as seen at Fig. 7. The chains may however be passed back practically along the top of the channel avoiding its following-the track round on its travel and during the return may be passed through oil baths or the like to insure eil'cctive lubrication. The connections to the underframing of the vehicle can be made'from the extensions 7) from the guides 11 when the bolts securing the cross connecting members may also secure the guides to the channels.

The endless track may be formed in a variety of Ways, such as the example shown at Fig. 8, where the blocks have side plates 9 shouldered down and hinged on pins r after the manner of a chain. This track is simple of construction and is particularly suitable for trailing vehicles. Other modifications may be employed however, such as blocks .mounted on a balata or like bands.

In the case of'the bearing chains 7c, a simple construction may be employed where guides n are used instead of driving sprockets An example of this chain is shown at Figs. 9 and 10, where the rollers s are made integral with a shaft t and are mounted on pins passing through ordinary chain side plates. In use the rollers of this chain would run on the'side plates of the track which may be grooved to accommodate them.

What I claim then is:

1. In vehicles, endless tracks, horizontal inverted channel members, connected to the vehicle and arranged to bear on the endless tracks as they pass round, in combination with hearing chains having two sets of rollers on axes at right angles to each other, arranged to work round between the tracks and the channels to take the vertical and lateral thrust on the same, substantially as described.

2. In propelled vehicles, endless tracks, horizontal inverted channel members, connected to the vehicle and arranged to bear on the tracks as they pass round, and sprocket wheels supported from said channels for moving the endless tracks, in combination with bearing chains having two sets of rollers on axes at right angles to each other, arranged to work round between the tracks and the channels totake the vertical and lateral thrust on the same.

3. In endless track-vehicles, tracks working under invertcr'lf' 'channels secured to the vehicle and over-guides at the ends of same, with bearing chains each comprising two roller systems on axes at right angles to each other between the channels and the tracks, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I, the said FRANK Lonscunn BEAMOND have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 26th day of July 1907.

- FRANK LOESCHER BEAMOND. Witnesses:

T. GILBERT BRETTELL, STANLEY BANNER. 

